Mark Hembrow

Mark Hembrow (born 1955 in Brisbane) is an Australian actor, writer and musician. He has also worked as a producer and director.

Early life and family Hembrow's parents were Vernon Charles Hembrow, a senior English Literature Lecturer at the Kelvin Grove Teachers Training College, and Sally Hembrow, a daytime television personality and presenter and cooking specialist. Sally produced her own television show for QTQ9 on the Nine Network, 'Living Graciously', which aired from 1963 to 1973. She was a forerunner for women in television, food, fashion and interior decor in Australia. Sally also had a radio show on 4KQ named 'Hotline to the Oven'.

Hembrow's education was at Ashgrove State School and then St Peters Lutheran College, Indooroopilly. He has one brother, John.

Personal life Hembrow was married to Nathalie Stanley, whom he met while in Trinidad and Tobago filming The Last Island (1990). They have three daughters together, Amy (born June 1990), Emilee (born January 1992) and Tammy (born April 1994), who are well-known social media personalities and entrepreneurs. It is unknown when Hembrow and Stanley divorced.

Career Mark first stepped on stage at age 16 at La Boîte Theatre Company as Barnaby Tucker in The Matchmaker and then Sandy in Hay Fever and Apollo in Fetch Me a Fig Leaf: The Musical, all directed by Graham Johnson. He then performed the lead in Once Upon a Mattress at the Brisbane Arts Theatre, which was to be his last amateur production at aged 17.

At 18 years of age, Mark first started working professionally for the main company at Queensland Theatre Company where he worked in productions over two years while doing in-service training. Productions included Springle a secondary school theatre and education production, written by Bille Brown to celebrate 100 years of education. He also performed in Equus, School for Scoundrels, Savages, Jumpers, The Department, Hamlet and Fourth of July before heading to Sydney.

His first professional jobs in Sydney were with the Old Tote Theatre Company (now Sydney Theatre Company) in a production of The Night of the Iguana, and on television series The Young Doctors as Georgie Saint. He then worked on two musicals, The Rocky Horror Show and Paradise Regained, followed by his first feature, Goodbye Paradise directed by Karl Schultz. Mark featured in many television shows and films over the years.

Mark returned home from the USA, and decided to have a break from acting for a number of years, in order to raise his family. During this time, he wrote two feature film scripts and was composing music.

Recent guest roles on Australian television include The Straits directed by Rachel Ward and Old School starring Bryan Brown and Sam Neill by Matchbox Productions.

Credits

Film Year Title Role Notes 1981 Desire 1981 Rusty Bugles 1981 Desire Short film 1982 The Highest Honour Able Seaman F.W. Marsh 1982 Goodbye Paradise Igor 1983 At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture L.D. Jones 1983 Platypus Cove Paddy O’Neill TV movie 1984 Who Killed Hannah Jane? TV movie 1987 High Tide Mechanic 1987 Running from the Guns Peter 1988 The Man from Snowy River 2 (aka Return to Snowy River) Seb 1988 Sons of Steel Mal 1988 Out of the Body David Gaze 1990 The Last Island Frank 1992 Dial-A-Cliché Short film 1992 Redheads Brewster 1993 4-Eva Short film 1993 Exchange Lifeguards (aka Wet & Wild Summer!) Max 1995 On the Dead Side 1997 Heaven's Burning Truck Driver 2003 Swimming Upstream Tommy 2015 Brothers Todd Short film 2019 Chiroptera Boris Feature film Run Valet Short film The Crypto Kids Charles Balak

Television Year Title Role Notes Mr Squiggle Guest Singer Patrol Boat 1977–1980 The Young Doctors Georgie Saint 55 episodes 1978 Shimmering Light Peter TV movie 1978 Father, Dear Father in Australia Ken 1 episode 1979 TV Follies Episode: "Hollywood" 1980 Celebrity Tattle Tales Self 1980 Home Sweet Home Brian 1 episode 1980; 1982 Spring & Fall Mickey Anthology series, 2 episodes 1982 Jonah Waxy Miniseries, 4 episodes 1982 1915 Boof Lucas Miniseries, 4 episodes 1985 Anzacs Private Dick Baker Miniseries, 2 episodes 1986 Robbery (aka The Great Bookie Robbery) TV movie 1986 Last Chance Angus TV movie 1988 Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer Padre TV movie 1988; 1990 The Flying Doctors Tony Downes / Bob Archer 2 episodes 1991 Animal Park Jim Pryor 1992 The Adventures of Skippy Paul Watson 1 episode 1993 Phoenix Damian Thorpe 1992 Phoenix Damien Thorpe 1 episode 1993 Time Trax Rufio Jans 1 episode 1995 G.P. Mr David 'Dave' Barber 1 episode 1998 Misery Guts Arnold Flashman 4 episodes 2000 Tales of the South Seas Miniseries, 1 episode 2001 The Lost World Hyde 1 episode 2012 The Straits Ambrose Miniseries, 1 episode 2014 Old School Perry Robertson Miniseries, 1 episode

Stage Year Title Role Notes c.1971 The Matchmaker Barnaby Tucker La Boîte Theatre Company c.1971 Hay Fever Sandy La Boîte Theatre Company c.1971 Fetch Me a Fig Leaf: The Musical Apollo La Boîte Theatre Company c.1972 Once Upon a Mattress Lead Arts Theatre, Brisbane 1974 Springle Queensland Theatre Company 1975 Equus Horseman SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company 1976 Hamlet Bernardo SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company 1976 Jumpers Jumper SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company 1976 The School for Scandal Sir Toby Bumper / William SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company 1976 Fourth of July SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company 1976 The Department Hans SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company 1976 And the Big Men Fly Floor Man SGIO Theatre, Brisbane & QLD tour 1976 Savages Indian Queensland Theatre Company 1978 The Rocky Horror Show Rocky Rialto Theatre, Brisbane with G & M Promotions 1978 The Night of the Iguana Wolfgang Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company 1979 The Amazing Adventures of Razz, Gabble and Skid QLD tour with Karm Productions 1979 Paradise Regained Satan Q Theatre, Penrith 1980 The Golden Goose and Other Stories Ass / 1st Miller / Mayor / 2nd Miller / Simpleton Q Theatre, Penrith 1980 The Country Boy Harry Smith Tom Jones Dinner Theatre, Brisbane

As writer / producer Year Title Role Notes 1978 Shimmering Light Writer TV movie 1979 The Amazing Adventures of Razz, Gabble and Skid Creator / Producer / Music & Lyrics Librettist QLD stage tour with Karm Productions 1983 At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture Writer Feature film 1985 Anzacs Writer Miniseries 1987 Running from the Guns Writer Feature film 1988 Out of the Body Writer Feature film 2012 The Argues: The Movie (aka Duck Struck Writer / Producer Feature film 2010 Didge on Fire Executive producer Music video

Discography

Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Year Title Peak chartpositions AUS 1977 "If I Had Time" 58